Quitting position listed on AMCAS

[TheGreatAli]

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Hi everyone,

I'm thinking about leaving a position I already estimated hours into april 2019 for. This is due scheduling conflicts that our team originally did not anticipate. If I quit, do I update every school? What is the proper protocol for this?

 

[horsecatdog]

I would like to know about this too! 🙂 thank you!

 

[Catalystik]

Hi everyone,

I'm thinking about leaving a position I already estimated hours into april 2019 for. This is due scheduling conflicts that our team originally did not anticipate. If I quit, do I update every school? What is the proper protocol for this?

Did you distinguish completed vs future estimated hours on the primary application?

 

[horsecatdog]

Projected hours do not have to be updated to schools and actually I advise not doing so. Else you are essentially writing "Here is something I said I was gonna do and put hours down for but I am really not doing it......"

Yes, that definitely makes sense.. But how do you go about talking about this in interviews? Thanks!

 

[TheGreatAli]

This is the issue in putting down future hours. Now if you get asked as at interview you have to respond with something reasonable without sounding like an excuse. The worst part about the question is it can rattle you thus putting you off your game for the rest of the interview.

I would just say something about your scheduling confict . Thats your story and you’re sticking to it.

actually i moved projects within student affairs that did work with my schedule from my current project (catered to 1200 students) to another major project (catered to 1100-1300 students). So talking about it in my interviews is not a concern, I'm just not sure what the protocol is.

 

[TheGreatAli]

Did you distinguish completed vs future estimated hours on the primary application?

My advisors never noted this nor had I ever read this on SDN/reddit.

 

[FreeRadicals]

Projected hours do not have to be updated to schools and actually I advise not doing so. Else you are essentially writing "Here is something I said I was gonna do and put hours down for but I am really not doing it......"

In that case are we not allowed to put 'projected hours' for all our EC's?

 

[Catalystik]

My advisors never noted this nor had I ever read this on SDN/reddit.

As part of your fall update letter (where allowed) or in response to any appropriate Secondary prompt, you might include a brief note, "Due to a scheduling conflict, I was unable to continue with [ Xxx Team Activity] after completing (yy) hours."